Marxism

See also: marxism

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English Marx

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Indo-European *-mos

Proto-Indo-European *-mós

Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)

Ancient Greek -ῐσμός (-ĭsmós)der.

English -ism

English Marxism

From Marx + -ism.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑɹk.sɪ.zəm/

  • Audio (General American):

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• Hyphenation: Marx‧ism

Noun

Marxism (countable and uncountable, plural Marxisms)

1. The socialist and communist philosophy and political program founded by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.

   Synonym: scientific socialism

2. The socialist and communist theory of the followers of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels; a radical, revolutionary political philosophy that aims to capture state power, introduce a dictatorship of the proletariat, and then progress to communism.
3. (chiefly Western, often derogatory, colloquial) Any left-wing ideology, government regulations, or policies promoting a welfare state, nationalisation, etc.

Derived terms

• antimarxism
• Austromarxism
• creative Marxism
• cultural Marxism
• Marxism-Leninism
• post-Marxism
• racial Marxism

Related terms

• Marxian
• Marxist

Translations

philosophy

• Albanian: marksizëm (sq) m
• Arabic: مَارْكْسِيَّة f (mārksiyya)
• Armenian: մարքսիզմ (hy) (markʻsizm)
• Azerbaijani: marksizm
• Basque: marxismo
• Belarusian: марксі́зм m (marksízm)
• Bengali: মার্কসবাদ (bn) (markosbad)
• Bulgarian: маркси́зъм m (marksízăm)
• Burmese: မာ့က်စ်ဝါဒ (mak.c-wada.)
• Catalan: marxisme m
• Chichewa: Chimarx class 7
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 馬克思主義 / 马克思主义 (maa⁵ hak¹ si¹ zyu² ji⁶)

  Mandarin: 馬克思主義 / 马克思主义 (zh) (mǎkèsīzhǔyì)

• Czech: marxismus (cs) m
• Danish: marxisme c
• Dutch: marxisme (nl) n
• Esperanto: marksismo
• Estonian: marksism
• Finnish: marxismi (fi), marxilaisuus (fi)
• French: marxisme (fr) m
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: marksisme (fy) n

• Gagauz: marksizm
• Galician: marxismo (gl) m
• Georgian: მარქსიზმი (marksizmi)
• German: Marxismus (de) m
• Greek: μαρξισμός (el) n (marxismós)
• Gujarati: માર્ક્સવાદ m (mārksavād)
• Hausa: makisani
• Hebrew: מַרְקְסִיזְם (he) m (marksízem)
• Hindi: मार्क्सवाद m (mārksavād)
• Hungarian: marxizmus (hu)
• Icelandic: marxismi m
• Ido: marxismo
• Igbo: mazizìm̀
• Irish: Marxachas m
• Italian: marxismo (it) m
• Japanese: マルクス主義 (ja) (マルクスしゅぎ, Marukusushugi), マルキシズム (ja) (Marukishizumu)
• Kazakh: марксизм (marksiyzm)
• Khmer: ម៉ាក្សនិយម (km) (maakniyum)
• Korean: 마르크스주의 (ko) (mareukeuseujuui), 맑스주의 (makseujuui), 마르크시즘 (ko) (mareukeusijeum)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: مارکسیزم (marksîzm)

  Northern Kurdish: marksîzm (ku)

• Kyrgyz: марксизм (marksizm)
• Lao: ລັດທິມາກ (lat thi māk)
• Latvian: marksisms m
• Lithuanian: marksizmas m
• Macedonian: маркси́зам m (marksízam)
• Malay: faham sosialis Marx, Marxisme
• Marathi: मार्क्सवाद m (mārksavād)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: марксизм (mn) (marksizm)

  Mongolian script: ᠮᠠᠷᠻᠰᠢᠰᠮ (marksism)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: marxisme m

• Pashto: مارکسيزم (ps) m (mārksizm)
• Persian: مارکسیسم (fa) (mârksism)
• Polish: marksizm (pl) m
• Portuguese: marxismo (pt) m
• Romanian: marxism (ro) n
• Russian: маркси́зм (ru) m (marksízm)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: марксѝзам m

  Latin: marksìzam (sh) m

• Sinhalese: මාක්ස්වාදය (mākswādaya)
• Slovak: marxizmus m
• Slovene: marksizem (sl) m
• Spanish: marxismo (es) m
• Swahili: Umaksi
• Swedish: marxism (sv) c
• Tagalog: marxismo
• Tajik: марксизм (marksizm)
• Tatar: марксизм (marksizm)
• Thai: ลัทธิมาร์กซ (lát-tí-mâak)
• Turkish: Marksizm (tr)
• Turkmen: marksizm
• Ukrainian: маркси́зм m (marksýzm)
• Urdu: مارْکسِزْم m (mārkasizm)
• Uyghur: ماركسىزم (marksizm)
• Uzbek: marksizm (uz)
• Vietnamese: chủ nghĩa Mác
• Welsh: Marcsiaeth
• Yiddish: מאַרקסיזם m (marksizm)
• Yoruba: ìfojú-máàsì-wò

ideology

• Arabic: مَارْكْسِيَّة f (mārksiyya)
• Armenian: մարքսիզմ (hy) (markʻsizm)
• Belarusian: марксі́зм m (marksízm)
• Bulgarian: маркси́зъм m (marksízăm)
• Chichewa: Chimarx class 7
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬克思主義 / 马克思主义 (zh) (Mǎkèsīzhǔyì)

• Czech: marxismus (cs) m
• Danish: marxisme c
• Dutch: marxisme (nl) n
• Esperanto: marksismo
• Estonian: marksism
• Finnish: marxismi (fi), marxilaisuus (fi)
• French: marxisme (fr) m
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: marksisme (fy) n

• Georgian: მარქსიზმი (marksizmi)
• German: Marxismus (de) m
• Greek: μαρξισμός (el) n (marxismós)
• Hindi: मार्क्सवाद m (mārksvād)
• Hungarian: marxizmus (hu)
• Ido: marxismo
• Indonesian: marxisme
• Irish: Marxachas m
• Italian: marxismo (it) m
• Japanese: マルクス主義 (ja) (マルクスしゅぎ, Marukusushugi)
• Khmer: ម៉ាក្សនិយម (km) (maakniyum)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: مارکسیزم (marksîzm)

• Latvian: marksisms m
• Lithuanian: marksizmas m
• Macedonian: маркси́зам m (marksízam)
• Malay: faham sosialis Marx, Marxisme
• Marathi: मार्क्सवाद m (mārksavād)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: marxisme m

• Polish: marksizm (pl) m
• Portuguese: marxismo (pt) m
• Romanian: marxism (ro) n
• Russian: маркси́зм (ru) m (marksízm)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: марксѝзам m

  Latin: marksìzam (sh) m

• Slovak: marxizmus m
• Slovene: marksizem (sl) m
• Spanish: marxismo (es) m
• Swedish: marxism (sv) c
• Thai: ลัทธิมาร์กซ (lát-tí-mâak)
• Turkish: Marksizm (tr)
• Ukrainian: маркси́зм m (marksýzm)
• Yiddish: מאַרקסיזם m (marksizm)

See also

• capitalism
• communism
• feudalism
• Marxism-Leninism
• socialism